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Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
by Tanya Lee Stone
/ March 26, 2018

Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone, is published by Candlewick Press.

Subject/Theme: Ages 12 to 14, Ages 9 to 12, Approaching life with self-confidence and strength, Award Year 2010, Breaking cycles of fear, Era Late 1900’s, Era Mid 1900’s, HC First 13 women who tried to be astronauts, Identity White American, Identity Women in Science, Overcoming prejudice, Promoting an understanding of the role of women in society gender roles the need to overcome gender stereotypes what are healthy courageous role models of both males and females, Solving problems courageously and non-violently, Women’s rights-Overcoming sexism-Women’s roles

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You and Me and Home Sweet Home
by George Ella Lyon
/ March 26, 2018

You and Me and Home Sweet Home by George Ella Lyon and Stephanie Anderson, a Richard Jackson Book/Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.

Subject/Theme: Ages 4 to 6, Ages 6 to 8, Award Year 2010, Era 21st Century, Homelessness, Identity African American, Identity White American, Solving problems courageously and non-violently, Thinking creatively and humanely about injustice and conflict past or present real or fictionalized, Understanding human needs with compassion
Illustrated by Stephanie Anderson

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Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
/ March 26, 2018

Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride, by Andrea Davis Pinkney & Brian Pinkney, published by Disney-Jump at the Sun Books.

Subject/Theme: Ages 4 to 6, Ages 6 to 8, Ages 9 to 12, Approaching life with self-confidence and strength, Award Year 2010, Breaking cycles of fear, Era Early 1800’s, HC Sojourner Truth, History of Africans in the US, Identity African American, Non-violent activism, Overcoming prejudice, Promoting an understanding of the role of women in society gender roles the need to overcome gender stereotypes what are healthy courageous role models of both males and females, Racism in the US, Slavery, Solving problems courageously and non-violently, Voting rights/Suffrage, Women’s rights-Overcoming sexism-Women’s roles
Illustrated by Brian Pinkney

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Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don’t You Grow Weary
by Elizabeth Partridge
/ March 26, 2018

Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don’t You Grow Weary by Elizabeth Partridge, published by Viking Children’s Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group. Winner Book for Older Children, 2010.

Subject/Theme: Ages 12 to 14, Ages 9 to 12, Approaching life with self-confidence and strength, Award Year 2010, Breaking cycles of fear, Era Late 1900’s, HC Martin Luther King Jr., HC Ralph Abernathy, HC Rosa Parks, History of Africans in the US, Identity African American, Non-violent activism, Overcoming prejudice, People peacably settling disputes (with a special emphasis on diverse makeup and outlook), Racism in the US, Solving problems courageously and non-violently, Thinking creatively and humanely about injustice and conflict past or present real or fictionalized, Understanding human needs with compassion, US Civil Rights Movement, Voting rights/Suffrage, Young people as activists, Young people’s participation in creative solutions to the problems of war social injustice racism sexism homophobia ageism and/or concerns of the physically challenged

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Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice
by Phillip Hoose
/ December 6, 2017

Hoose, Phillip.  Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice. Farrar Straus Giroux, 2009.

Subject/Theme: Ages 12 to 14, Approaching life with self-confidence and strength, Award Year 2010, Breaking cycles of fear, Era Mid 1900’s, HC Claudette Colvin, HC Martin Luther King Jr., HC Ralph Abernathy, HC Rosa Parks, Identity African American, Promoting an understanding of the role of women in society gender roles the need to overcome gender stereotypes what are healthy courageous role models of both males and females, Racism in the US, Thinking creatively and humanely about injustice and conflict past or present real or fictionalized, US Civil Rights Movement, Women’s rights-Overcoming sexism-Women’s roles, Young people as activists, Young people’s participation in creative solutions to the problems of war social injustice racism sexism homophobia ageism and/or concerns of the physically challenged

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Nasreen’s Secret School
by Jeanette Winter
/ November 30, 2017

Winter, Jeanette. Nasreen’s Secret School. Simon & Shuster, 2009.

Subject/Theme: Access to education, Ages 6 to 8, Ages 9 to 12, Approaching life with self-confidence and strength, Award Year 2010, Breaking cycles of fear, Broadening outlook to appreciate a variety of cultures, Era 21st Century, Identity Afghani, Identity Muslim, Living under dictatorships or occupation, Overcoming prejudice, Power of literacy, Promoting an understanding of the role of women in society gender roles the need to overcome gender stereotypes what are healthy courageous role models of both males and females, Thinking creatively and humanely about injustice and conflict past or present real or fictionalized, Understanding human needs with compassion, War/Revolution, Women’s rights-Overcoming sexism-Women’s roles, Young people’s participation in creative solutions to the problems of war social injustice racism sexism homophobia ageism and/or concerns of the physically challenged
Illustrated by Jeanette Winter